Wrestling with Jacob

A journal of faith, grief and devotional musings

depression

  • Remembering Jake with Joy

    Clark Griswold is trapped in the attic. You remember the scene. The comedy classic pushed the laughter aside for a moment and hits us with the chill of somberness with the ghost of Christmas past in old family films.  Cold and shivering, crying and smiling, Chevy Chase drapes a blanket over himself and captures the Read more

  • A Christmas confession

    I am struggling with holiday depression. I feel its heavy pull today so I write with the reins in hand pulling back hard to keep me from writing too deep into the darkness I feel. All is well and good in my life and yet my soul is cast down- and so it goes, no reason to be sullen but Read more